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Parliament and Politics in the Age of Asquith and Lloyd George - The Diaries of Cecil Harmsworth MP, 1909-22 (Hardcover)
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Parliament and Politics in the Age of Asquith and Lloyd George - The Diaries of Cecil Harmsworth MP, 1909-22 (Hardcover)
Series: Camden Fifth Series
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Cecil Bisshop Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth (1869-1948), was the
younger brother of the press proprietors Lord Northcliffe and Lord
Rothermere. Although he played a role in the early development of
the Harmsworth journalistic empire, Cecil chose a political career.
He served as Liberal MP for Droitwich from 1906 to 1910, and for
Luton from 1911 to 1922. After holding a number of minor government
positions under Asquith, Harmsworth became a member of Lloyd
George's War Cabinet Secretariat in 1917, and from 1919 to 1922
served as Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office.
Harmsworth's diary forms a highly readable record of the politics
of the period, detailing late-night Commons sittings and the rough
and tumble of the campaign trail, as well as giving skilful
pen-portraits of the major figures of the day. Northcliffe
complained that Harmsworth lacked the ambition to make it to the
front rank of politics, but his diary is a fascinating source.
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